One person has died and a dozen others were hospitalized in Chico on Saturday morning due to apparent drug overdoses, according to the Chico Fire Department.

Emergency responders found 14 males and one females in varying states of consciousness at a home on Santana Court a little after 9 a.m., Fire Chief Steve Standridge said.

The first two officers who arrived at the scene began to administer CPR and gave doses of naxolone, which is used to treat narcotic overdoses. Police Chief Michael O’Brien said officers began carrying the drug last year because they often deal with heroin overdoses.

O’Brien said fire paramedics took about 12 people, ages 19 to 30, to Enloe Medical Center. He said four patients were listed in critical condition, and eight were admitted to the hospital.

He said the number of dead could rise.

“Every indication is that this mass overdose incident was caused from the ingestion of some form of fentanyl in combination with another substance. That is yet to be confirmed, but we do anticipate confirmation in the coming days,” O'Brien said.

All of the people hospitalized were over 18 and most appeared to be in their 20s, Chico police commander Mike Rodden said.

The two Chico police officers who had arrived at the scene first were also taken to a hospital after saying they felt ill, O’Brien said. They were treated and released.